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Texas A&M University-KingsvilleTuesday November 3, 2009 www.tamuk.edu/southtexan VOLUME 84, Issue 11

Hot Jedi review A&M, A&I Letters to the Editor

The South Texan

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Last regular season homegame scheduled Nov. 7,Javelina Stadium at 7p.m. Javelinas still havepost season hopes.

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Community supports Toys for Tots kickoff

The city of Kingsville kicked off its22nd annual Toys for Tots drive with a rib-bon-cutting ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 27at the Kingsville Stop-n-Lube.

“There are so many new and excitingthings where the campaign is concerned,”Lisa Bockholt, coordinator of the localcampaign along with her husband JerryBockholt, said. “This is the largest organ-ized toy distribution drive.”

Lisa Bockholt announced that the localcampaign has a new website, kingsvilletx-toysfortots.org.

“All money donated on the site stays inthe local campaign,” Lisa Bockholt said.

Several speakers representing various

companies and organizations, includingthe Texas A&M University-Kingsville ath-letic department, spoke at the ceremony.

Athletic Director Ken Oliver and Asso-ciate Athletic Director for External Ad-vancement Joe Biedron both spoke to thecommunity and announced that fanscould get in free to both the last homegames for the Javelina volleyball and foot-ball teams with a new toy.

“We’re glad to participate,” Biedronsaid. “We’re proud to be a participant withToys for Tots.”

Other city and county officials werealso present at the ceremony.

“People make a difference in the city,”Kingsville Mayor Sam Fugate said.“That’s what makes Kingsville a greatplace to live.”

Local businesses also were representedwell during the function.

“It’s a great honor for the King Ranchto be part of this,” Daniel Morales, repre-sentative for the King Ranch, said.

Wilson’s True Value and Kingsville In-dependent School District were also hon-ored as participants in past Toys for Totsdrives.

Toys for Tots was started in 1947 andformally adopted in 1948 by the Marines.

Several Marines from Corpus Christiwere present at the ceremony.

In communities with no Marine pres-ence such as Kingsville, the Toys for Totsdrive is allowed to be run by local citizenssuch as the Bockholts.

“It is the community that makes this asuccess,” Lisa Bockholt said.

The damage fire inflicts on dry wall wasshowcased at Wednesdays art show put on byThe Art Guys, Mike Galbreth and Jack Mass-ing. The Art Guys held workshops for localart students along with an exhibit for the pub-lic this past week. At the exhibit they showedof their work as well as two pieced that weremade during one of the workshops.

“The pieces were chosen for educationalreasons to keep students engaged’ said Gal-breth.

The two pieces they set on fire were made

of matches. They wanted to show how thecarbon in smoke is unpredictable but can lookbeautiful. The workshops had both art stu-dents from Texas A&M University -Kingsville and students from Coastal BendCollage.

“The students and faculty are great, every-one is interested in what we’re doing,” Mass-ing said.

Both Massing and Galbreth felt the exhibi-tion was a success and enjoyed getting toknow the students. Galbreth wanted the stu-dents to know that we are all artists we justhave to recognize it.

The art show last Wednesday showed off

the Art Guys’ work spanning their whole ca-reer from when they began their partnershipto present. They hold various exhibitions atvarious colleges.

The two pieces the art guys displayed inthe TAMUK art gallery, they do usually di-rectly on the wall: however, that could not bedone in our gallery so they made two wallsthat can be removed so there is no damagedone.

Much of their artwork is in galleriesaround the country. Their artwork is mainlymodern art with an interactive twist.

Their work will be in the Ben Bailey ArtGallery from Oct. 26 through Nov. 19.

Art on fire

By Sabrina ReynaThe South Texan

When Howard Garig was a student at Texas A&IUniversity in 1994, all he wanted was to become an en-gineer. Never did he see himself as a natural gas engi-

neer supervising “drillingoperations in two or three countriesin the world” at the same timewhile working for ExxonMobil.

For his efforts, Garig was chosenfor the Rising Star Award from theJavelina Alumni Association.

While Garig has achieved manyaccomplishments in his life and ca-reer, such as being the youngest sen-

ior operations supervisor at ExxonMobil from 2001 to2002, he considers the most rewarding to be the RisingStar Award.

“My greatest accomplishment to date is receivingthe Rising Star Award because it all wraps into one,”Garig said. “I wouldn’t have won it if I didn’t do wellprofessionally; getting recognized by your peers later inlife is pretty rewarding.”

Texas A&M University- Kingsville, which was TexasA&I during time of his study, helped Garig realize hisdreams of becoming a natural gas engineer.

“The university had some excellent faculty mem-bers [who] took extra time and effort to make sure thatwe were in an environment that we could learn,” Garigsaid. “When classes got harder, I felt that there wassomeone there who really wanted me to succeed.”

Garig described the process of becoming an engi-neer as an exercise in persistence in a short period oftime.

“If engineering is what you want to do, work hardand you’ll get through it,” Garig said. “A graduate en-gineer will find a job, and you might have to struggle,but you will work everyday of your life, [which is] oneof the rewards of being an engineer.”

Kleberg County Sheriff Edward Mata represents the Kleberg County Sheriff’s department as they donate a checkfor $1,000 to Toys for Tots.

By Amanda MarcumThe South Texan

Garig receives Rising Star Award

Garig

There is a new student organizationhere at TAMUK, The RoundhouseMovie Club, that provides the publicwith entertainment by screening moviesin which people can enjoy for free.

TAMUK student and President of TheRoundhouse Movie Club, JonathanPhaup, has developed a strong interestin film over time.

A friend of Phaup, Jason Luebert,suggested the idea to start a club that isdedicated to screening movies for thepublic‘s viewing pleasure.

After spending time researching onhow to go about starting the club, he hasmade The Roundhouse Movie Club an

official student organization.The Roundhouse Movie Club has a

unique way of screening their movies.According to Phaup, before the actualmovie, the club takes experience back tothe roots of modern cinema by showinga short Flash Gordon serial film, whichdates back to the 1940s.

Then the main feature is shown, fol-lowed by a Venture Bros. cartoon.

The club shows a variety of moviesranging from independent films, foreignfilms, documentaries, etc. Movies are se-lected that major studios don’t releasedue to financial earnings, but the filmsshown are said to have the same poten-tial as mainstream movies.

“Our key goal is to entertain and en-rich our university culturally and artisti-

cally by enabling studentbodies to experience filmsthat they would normally notcome across,” Phaup said.

Upcoming screenings include Eraser-head, which will be shown on Novem-ber 5, Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai,November 12, The Room, November 18,and The King of Kong, which will beshown on December 3.

Also, The Roundhouse Movie Clubwill be co-sponsoring, along with thePre-Law Society, ROTC, and Phi SigmaAlpha, the screening of RethinkingAfghanistan on November 19.

Anyone interested in attending anyscreening should be on the lookout forflyers and the marquee in the JerniganLibrary lobby for the latest showings.

New movie club comes to TAMUK

Art guys bring new take, perspective to modern art at TAMUK

By Angel FloresThe South Texan

THE REEL DEAL

Jaime Gonzalez / The South Texan

By Jaime GonzalezThe South Texan

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In effect this week, the Office of Financial Aid will be makingchanges to better serve the students of TAMUK. Depending ona student’s last name, this will now determine which financialaid officer will be assisting each student. Breakdown for financial aid officers1. Frances Chapa (A-G)2. Cristina Briseno (H-P)3. Isaac Deleon (Q-Z)

Financial Aid will provide:-Better customer service to students.-Students will be able to get to know financial aid officer better; de-velop a rapport and relationship with officer.-Because each student will be assigned to a specific financial aid offi-cer, there won’t be the problem of having to re-explain issues or ques-tions regarding his/her specific situation to a different clerk/officer.-Each officer will have a clerk assigned to them; clerk and officer willserve as a team to help students.-Open late till 7 on Monday and Tuesday to better serve evening stu-dents; available to accommodate students.

Office of Financial Aid makeschanges starting this week

The “Basketball Pyramid” is one of the manyart pieces on display from the Art Guys inthe Ben Bailey Art Gallery through Nov. 19.

Sabrina Reyna / The South Texan

The International Affairs Group will be hosting “Is theUnited States a Declining World Power?” presentationon Nov. 6 at noon in the Alumni Room in the MemorialStudent Union Buildling. The event is free.

A plaque dedication in honor Irma Lerma Rangel willbe at the Texas A&M Health Science Center in the IrmaLerma Rangel College of Pharmacy on Nov. 4 at 10:30a.m.

Free brown bag presentation Plaque Dedication

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CampusNews

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2 TAMUK’s Unity presents alumniAlex Garza, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. i theMemorial Student Union Build-ing’s Ballroom A with a look at lifeand the pursuit of happiness.Admission: can foods, toiletries

ROTC spooks,run without uniforms

Play Review

If you were out and about on campus at 6 a.m. on Oct.29, you were probably wondering why a formation ofghouls, monsters, fairies and several members of the Vil-lage People were running around campus.

It was all part of TAMUK ROTC’s Halloween Fun Run,traditionally the only day the cadets are allowed out ofuniform.

This special event is designed as an opportunity for thecadets to express themselves and their creativity awayfrom their normal duties and responsibilities while bring-ing everyone together in a positive environment.

In the past this event has included but not limited to asocial at the ROTC building, costume contests, punch andpie and a run around the campus in their costumes.

“This is my first Halloween with ROTC, the costumePT gave a sense of camaraderie and team spirit within theROTC program,” CDT Webb, Squad Leader said.

The cadets also participated in a game of soccer in theopen area next to Fore Hall before being released for theHoliday weekend.

Cadets participate inHalloween Fun Run

By Jason JusticeThe South Texan

GARZA TO PERFORM

‘Star Wars’with a twistbrings laughs‘Hot Jedi Sisters’has little morethan cheap jokes

By Adolf CastilloThe South Texan

Edwin Vasquez / The South TexanLuke Skywalker (Jose “Buddy” Treviño) fights Darth Vader (Rick Saenz) in theTheatre Department’s Hot Jedi Sisters Want the Force With You.

Hot Jedi Sister’s Want the Force WithYou, a melodrama, which ran all lastweek, was an unusual twist of the fa-mous Star Wars movies.

The play’s plot was a little includedthe sexual freedom of Princess Leia(played by Betsy Wallek) and the re-trieval of Darth Vader’s (played by RickSaenz) most prized possession - the Vagi-nal Destroyer - a.k.a, his VD.

The play was good and bad. Thehumor was good, though some of thejokes were just a little too much. Still,there was great audience interaction, andthat is the point of a melodrama.

The viewers threw popcorn at the ac-tors and screamed every time an actorsaid “William Shatner.”

The plot does sort of lose itself for awhile and loses creativity before pickingup toward the last scene, which, ofcourse, ended with a dance sequence.

The melodrama did feature some fineacting by Jose “Buddy” Treviño whoplayed Luke Skywalker, and from BetsyWallek (Princess Leia).

The two Storm Troopers - played byLuis Zaragosa and Katelyn Cotton - werenot as good, but this is a melodrama. It’sokay.

The set that did not really serve a pur-pose except as an entry way to the stage.There was an opportunity here for sometechno stuff and it was missed.

Costume-wise - Luke Skywalker,Princess Leia, and Darth Vader had theonly convincing outfits.

Though Hot Jedi Sister’s was mostlyjust filled with dirty jokes, it did make foran interesting laugh and was worth thefive bucks.

They should have had some extrapopcorn, however. Some people ran outof things to throw at the actors. But,that’s the point of a melodrama, right?

Editorials/Opinions

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3Letter to the Editor Policy:

The South Texan always encourages students submissions and letters to the edi-tor. One of its primary purposes is to motivate and facilitate communication be-tween students, faculty and staff on campus.

The newspaper, however, does reserve the right to reject submissions, guestcolumns and letters to the editor that fail to observe the conventions of standardEnglish and to edit columns for length and grammatical accuracy.

Letters to the editor should be no more than 300 words in length. Letters whichare printed will be printed exactly as written; they will not be edited for grammar oraccuracy. All student submissions to The South Texan must be verified by the edi-tors of the newspaper in order to substantiate authenticity.

I have been a student here three years now and am an avidreader of you paper. Firstly, I would like to thank the entire stafffor including segments on the Student Government, of which I ama part of. We all appreciate the coverage and publicity, althoughportrayed in a slightly negative light. This is understandable dueto the majority of the senate being of fledgling nature and the lackof concern for our own constitution from some of our executivemembers. All the same I thank you for adding us, pointing out er-roneous events, and being an unofficial watchdog.

Recently, however, I read a comment article about the protest ofthe A&I group. As being one of the students at the event I do not

need to state my position. During the lastsemester, when the argument reached itsapex, I asked Dr. Tallant, Dr. Remeluis,

and Jay Zombrano why we haven't had asit down to discuss the issue. They reassured me that they madegreat lengths to appease the group; however, they are unwaveringin their cause and would have no part in negotiations.

When the A&I group began sending the bill to the senate aboutthe name change, did they contact the students? I don't recallbeing informed of their actions until they had already done so andfor that reason I still feel insulted. When the polls from the stu-dents were taken about the name change there was a vast majorityto keep the name as is. This is a clear cut case of history repeatingitself. If this is so, will our university then be doomed to a vicious

cycle?I do empathize with their cause. There is no argument that the

first name change was done unjustly; and by unjustly,I mean with-out the input of the current students. I would hate to think thatanyone hurt as badly as they were would have audacity to furtherproject that transgression. However, I am very wrong.

In my opinion, respect is earned, not given freely. With thatbeing said, any person who would circumvent my position, andthe silent majority of the school, does not deserve my respect. Nomatter how high up politically the individual may be. And to thestudents of Eastern New Mexico that happened to see our demon-stration, I hope they take our experience become energized tostand up for what they believe is right. I can only hope that thereare students in New Mexico that would have the inertia to expressthe opinions of the majority in the face of adversity.

As it stands today, the group still has yet to plea to the massesat TAMUK, the bill that never made it to vote is still being workedon today, and they plan to push it in the 2011 senate year. To get tomy point, we are dealing with an unyielding assembly that is apa-thetic to what we, as current students, want. As Malcolm X wouldsay, “If we don't do something real soon, I think you'll have toagree that we're going to be forced either to use the ballot or thebullet”. In spite of being an “embarrassment” to the University,we did what others who were either: too busy, uninformed, or apa-thetic to do.

“There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes soodious, makes you so sick at heart that you can't take part! Youcan't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodiesupon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all theapparatus -- and you've got to make it stop! And you've got to in-dicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it -- thatunless you're free the machine will be prevented from working atall!”

-Mario SavinoIn all honesty, there are vast changes going on around campus

and this debate, like a festering would, will only inhibit progress tothe improvement to our school. So I say, we should build in num-bers, amputate, and move on. If we are to sit by passively we willbe left to the whims of the future. If that is so, we will revert backto A&I and all of our: votes, passions, and energies will be for not.

“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow istoday. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now… Lifeoften leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost op-portunity…. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in herpassage, but time is adamant to every plea and rushes on. Over thebleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations arewritten the pathetic words, ‘Too late.’

-Martin Luther King Shane Davis

Senator Pro Temp

Newly elected senator pro temp voices opinion about recent SGA protest

Who is really embarrassing TAMUK?An associate editor who does not know the

facts but still writes articles about an event hewas not even there for?

OR...A group of students who are speaking up

for the school and trying to make their voiceheard?

Lucio an ally?Ally (noun) - one that is associated with an-

other as a helper; a person, group, or nationthat is associatedwith another or oth-ers for some com-mon cause or

purposeThe students at TAMUK this last academic

year voted an overwhelming 3 to 1 against the

name change. Seeing as how Senator Lucio isthe one who brought the bill to the Texas Sen-ate, I am confused with your associating hisname with ally.

By Senator Lucio saying, “It will happenthis time!” he means he is going to present thebill again before the Texas Senate to attempt tochange the name of the school.

An ally of the school would be one thatsupports it and cares about the students andtheir opinions.

Given this information, I ask again, isLucio really an ally?

Fabiola GarciaGraduate Student

Texas A&M University-Kingsville Class of 2012

Letter tothe Editor

The greater majority students at ourschool are not for the name change, there-fore, I am not for the name change. There isnot any truly significant gain to be had fromchanging the name. There has been onlytalk of the great things that would come ofthe change but there hasn’t been any signsof what the benefits may be. I think that themovement is not founded in reality. If theretruly is a large enough desire for the nameto be changed, it would have been done inshort order following the 1993 change, not16 years later! I think while there may be acertain amount of support to be lost fromthe alumni preceding the name change, Ifeel as though the alumni that are truly in-terested in the well-being of the campuswould not be backing this a vehemently assome. If I was in their position, my interestwould be in supporting the school and nota facade of selfish ‘concern’ of what the sig-nage says. These opinions are not echoed100 percent throughout the A&I camp. Sev-eral of their members were happy to speakto my fellow demonstrators and myself atlength about their thoughts on the issue.These members also listened to our pointsof view on what they see is going on. I feelthat we do have some common ground butthat they fall in areas outside of the namechange.

The more vocal members of the groupfeel as though the students here were sub-par, underachievers from the 3rd and 4thquartile rankings of their high school grad-

uating classes and ultimately drop out.They also commented on the fact that wehave a large amount of students in remedialcourses and that somehow besmirches ourimage. I believe that if someone does nothave the background required for their cho-sen academic path that the school shouldoffer some options for the student espe-cially given the consideration of our statusas a leader in non-traditional education.

The audacity of our administration toreach out to those who are in need of astronger academic support system!

(insert sarcasm here.)Are we making a difference? What’s

next?I honestly feel the Student Body will

make the difference needed to retain ourname. People need to be made aware thatthe students of Texas A&M University-Kingsville will not sit by complacently tak-ing whatever is given to us. I will make thebiggest contribution I possibly can in thisendeavor. I, as well as many of the studentsI am in contact with, take great pride in at-tending Texas A&M University-Kingsvilleand will fight for the University as long asis needed.

Letter tothe Editor

SGA president’s stand on name change

What’s an ally?

As a Texas A&I and TAMUK Alumnus and former executiveofficer of the Javelina Alumni Association, I simply wanted towrite to express just how grateful and proud I was to read theeditorial in The South Texan last week. I was present at the TexasA&I Alumni Luncheon and for the 60 some in attendance, it wastheir first time back in Kingsville to celebrate homecoming in

many years. I must express that witness-ing the protests signs by a few studentswas inappropriate and foolish, espe-cially coming from the SGA which is an

organization which is supposed to repre-sent the university with class. Unfortunately, that was not whatwas displayed in the parking lot of the Super 8 Motel. In actual-ity, the students didn’t bother the A&Iérs in attendance.

Honestly, some folks in the room even suggested that weshould invite them in to eat if they were hungry, rememberingwhat it was like to live on a shoe-string budget as a college stu-dent.

Without a doubt, the SGA should have seriously reconsideredtheir negative presentation against the A&Iérs and our Senator,Eddie Lucio. It was simply a poor decision on their part. Asnegative as it was outside the luncheon, the mood and spirit inthe room was purely positive and upbeat.

After the luncheon a few of the A&Iérs attempted to have acivil discussion with the students. On my way out of theKingsville Center, for a couple of minutes, I know I visited witha couple of the protestors who were engineering students and Ihad a civil conversation with them.

For one thing, they were quite surprised to learn that I have aTAMUK degree hanging on my wall! They were even moreshocked to learn that there were at least 10 visitors at the lunch-eon who had graduated from TAMUK within the last 5years. The one important thing that I stressed was that we allLOVE our Alma Mater. We (A&Iérs and TAMUKérs) simplyhave a very strong difference of opinion in regards to its genuineidentity. Texas A&I Alumni & Friends simply seek a compromise

to the situation. From my conversation with the students, I believe that the

students are not fully aware of the amount of years that JavelinaCountry was A&I.

The bottom line is that A&I Alumni & Friends are very proudof the University and everyone who attended the gathering wasvery happy and proud to celebrate A&I Spirit at homecoming.As one our A&I Alums said at the luncheon while observing theprotestors march up and down with their signs in front of theentrance to the banquet room, “If we don’t keep the great nameof Texas A&I alive, no one will, including our own AlmaMater.” “A simple visit just to the bookstore reveals that.”

Thanks for your time and great work at The South Texan.

Manuel Saenz, Jr.Texas A&I Alumnus ‘93

TAMUK, ‘94

I graduated in 1972 from A&I and am stillunhappy about the name change.

I got two Masters from Corpus Christi StateUniversity in 1982 and they took the name ofthat school away from me. I can get over that,but I feel that putting the name A&M-Kingsville disrespected a long tradition of ex-cellence, not only that, it seems to me that the

A&M system has given very little positive at-tention to Kingsville.

For these reasons, I appreciated the articlein The South Texan depicting the rudeness ofthe students protesting against the A&IAlumni.

Carolyn Moon, Alumni

A&Iers show class at student protest during luncheon

Letter tothe Editor

A&M name does nothing for Kingsville

If you’re one of the many students graduating thisfall, you may find yourself in my position, oftenthinking to yourself, “What am I going to do after Igraduate?” Lately this question has been a profoundthought in my mind, but one thing that has helpedme this past year and can truly help anyone is net-working.

I didn’t really think about how networking couldbe such a great help until this past week when Iheard one of the speakers talk a little bit about it atthe National College Media Conference I attended inAustin. As seniors most of us and should have estab-lished relationships with many people on campus orin other workplaces; this is where networking canstart.

Usually when I meet people they hand me a busi-ness card, when looking for a job a good place to startlooking is with those business cards. Even if some ofthose people who you come across don’t have any-thing in common with what you want to do, theymight work for a company or know someone whodo.

Something else we should be doing, is getting ex-perience. Internships or even volunteer work is agreat place to gain experience, it may not pay verywell, but it will in the long run. Usually what can

happen isyou intern-ship andsomeonefrom thatworkplace

hears about you and then you start getting more in-volved with that company.

This past spring semester I took a sports journal-ism class and at the end of the semester my professorasked if anyone wanted to do an internship withJavelina sports information. I had no experience withsports but I took it and after the summer a differentperson in athletics asked if I would like to help withvolleyball in the fall, I began volunteering in a differ-ent area of athletics but still gained experience.

Many times you just have to keep your optionsopen, it may not be the position you want right offthe bat and it may not be the pay you want, it maynot even pay at all, but sometimes you have to sacri-fice to be successful.

Networking is a great tool and is not as hard as itused to be back in the day. We now have multiple so-cial media networks, like Myspace, where we cannetwork from, so we should use them to our advan-tage.

Kenny NelsonSGA President

Commentary

CommentaryKatrina AlejandroFront Page EditorThe South Texan

Students should concentrate on networkingAdolf Castillo/The South Texan

Lone Star Conference StandingsFootball

South Division Division Overall1. Tarleton State 4-1 9-12. Midwestern State 3-2 8-22. Abilene Christian 3-2 8-22. Texas A&M-Kingsville 3-2 8-22. West Texas A&M 3-2 5-56. Angelo State 2-3 6-47. Eastern New Mexico 0-6 2-8

Volleyball

Conference Overall1. West Texas A&M 12-0 29-32. Abilene Christian 10-1 25-53.Angelo State 8-3 16-134. Texas A&M-Commerce 7-4 22-85. Texas A&M-Kingsville 6-5 17-105. Midwestern State 6-5 10-227. Southeastern Oklahoma 5-6 21-137. East Central (Okla.) 5-6 14-197. Central Oklahoma 5-6 14-1510. Tarleton State 4-7 9-1910. Cameron (Okla.) 4-7 16-1112. Texas Woman’s 4-7 14-1613. Southwestern Oklahoma 2-9 5-2714. Eastern New Mexico 0-12 5-22

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Javelinas fall to Abilene Christian, 47-35

One week after an impres-sive showing against theEastern New Mexico Grey-hounds, The Texas A&M Uni-versity-Kingsville Javelinastook to the road again againstthe Abilene Christian Wild-cats Saturday afternoon andcame up short, 47-35, despitea fourth quarter that broughtthem three scores.“We came out flat and

gave too much away early. I was proud of the late ef-

fort but the game is not onequarter long,” said Javelinacoach Bo Atterberry said. Fred “Hollywood” Win-

born was held in check rush-ing for only 47 yards on 17carries and one touchdown. Billy Garza contributed

going 24-for-38 for 309 yards,one interception and threetouchdowns.The Wildcats opened up

the game moving down thefield at will against theJavelina defense. They struck first with a

one-yard touchdown run byDaryl Richards to put theWildcats up 7-0. After the Javelina offense

was stopped by the ACU de-fense, the Javelina specialteams blocked a Wildcat puntand returned it 24 yards by

Cory Robertson for the Hog-gies’ first score of the game totie up the score at 7-7. The Wildcats would an-

swer quickly as they used therun game and tough blockingto move down inside theHoggie five-yard line only tobe stopped and held to a fieldgoal and a 10-7 lead.The ACU defense could

not contain quarterbackGarza as he avoided pressureand found wide receiverRyan Lincoln to set them upinside the Wildcat 20-yardline. The Hoggies would score

on a off-balance catch andrun by E.J LeBlanc to putthem up 14-10 early in thesecond. The Wildcats converted on

a big fourth-and-six play thatled to a three-yard touch-down run by Reggie Browngave ACU the lead 17-14with 6:10 left to play in thehalf. Hoggie miscues turned to

points as Richards leapedover the line of scrimmagefrom a yard out to put theWildcats up 24-14 after aBilly Garza pass was under-thrown downfield andpicked by Craig Harris.“We had a few miscues

and we have to correct someof our mistakes and get a winnext week,” Garza said.The third quarter was one

to forget as the Wildcats putthe game out of reach scoring24 total points off of threetouchdowns and a safety. A long catch and run

started the quarter followedby a safety after Garza wascaught in the end zone. The Wildcats would then

convert on a fourth and sixwith a circus catch after apunt block by the Javelinas.ACU took advantage andscored on a five-yard pass toJustin Andrews. “We have to come out with

more intensity early and playwith that last effort the wholegame,” Javelina defensivelineman Dondi Cooks said.The Javelinas showed life

at the beginning of the fourthquarter as they made theirway down the field and capoff the drive with an eight-yard touchdown pass fromGarza to Sherman Batiste. The Javelinas continued to

fight late in the game as theymarch downfield and scoreon a four-yard run by Win-born. The Javelinas would score

on a touchdown once morelate in the game but it wouldprove meaningless. Kickoff for the Angelo

State game is set for 7 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 7, as theJavelinas look to stay afloatin the regional rankings andlockup a playoff spot.

Hogs close out regular season, look for playoff berth at home against Angelo State By Mark MolinaThe South Texan

Arturo Leal / The South TexanSherman Batiste hauls in a 10-yard touchdown from Billy Garza during thefourth quarter against Abilene Christian. The pass was Batiste’s second of thegame.

Where: Javelina StadiumWhen: Saturday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m.AMK lead all-time series, 29-13

Last season: Javelinas won, 38-14